Yesterday I was in Zürich, visiting an old friend and joining the locals in their celebration of Spring’s arrival. It is called Sechseläuten and involves a parade of various guilds of the city, as can be seen in the pictures below.
The highpoint was however the burning of a snowman-like figure filled with explosives and placed on top a big pile of firewood. Supposedly a rapid explosion (less than 15 minutes) heralds a warm and long summer. It felt as if the entire city was on the move, luckily we managed to squeeze ourselves into a position where the Böögg at least partly was visible.
The Böögg burnt very well and exploded after 10 and a half minutes (thus giving me high hopes of warm and sunny weather). Maybe this was due to the 23-degree sunshine on this day or because this wasn’t the real Böögg, but a replacement. The original one was kidnapped.
Achtung: For those who like chronological order the coming posts will be confusing as I try to catch up with events since Easter.
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